It is foolish to be convinced without evidence, but it is equally foolish to refuse to be convinced by real evidence.

Turn over the pages of history and read the damning record of the church's opposition to every advance in every field of science. . . .

One of the necessary accompaniments of capitalism in a democracy is political corruption.

But the devil is a subtle worm; he does not give up at one defeat, for he knows human nature, and the strength of the forces which battle for him.

There are a score of great religions in the world, each with scores or hundreds of sects, each with its priestly orders, its complicated creed and ritual, its heavens and hells. Each has its thousands or millions or hundreds of millions of true believers each damns all the others with more or less heartiness - and each is a mighty fortress of graft.

In the twilight, it was a vision of power.

I just put on what the lady says. I've been married three times, so I've had lots of supervision.